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[H.J. Res. 113 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.J. Res.113

                       One Hundred Fifth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-
                                  eight


                            Joint Resolution


 
  Approving the location of a Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial in the 
                            Nation's Capital.

Whereas section 508 of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management 
  Act of 1996 (40 U.S.C. 1003 note; 110 Stat. 4157) authorized the 
  Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity to establish a memorial on Federal land in 
  the District of Columbia to honor Martin Luther King, Jr.;

Whereas section 6(a) of the Commemorative Works Act (40 U.S.C. 1006(a)) 
  provides that the location of a commemorative work in the area 
  described as Area I (within the meaning of the Act) shall be deemed 
  not authorized unless approved by law not later than 150 days after 
  notification to Congress that the Secretary of the Interior 
  recommends location of the commemorative work in Area I; and

Whereas the Secretary of the Interior has notified Congress of the 
  recommendation of the Secretary that the memorial be located in Area 
  I: Now, therefore, be it

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., MEMORIAL.

    The location of the commemorative work to honor Martin Luther King, 
Jr., authorized by section 508 of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands 
Management Act of 1996 (40 U.S.C. 1003 note; 110 Stat. 4157), within 
Area I is approved under section 6(a) of the Commemorative Works Act 
(40 U.S.C. 1006(a)).

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.